Huskers return home as 7 favorite over UCLA

[king_kong_]

it's been 8 years since NU clinched a bowl birth

MR's 0-6 at NU with bowl eligibility on the line

it's well past time we put an end to these embarrassing streaks

 

[redwine65]

it's been 8 years since Matt Rhule clinched a bowl birth

he's 0-6 at NU with bowl eligibility on the line

it's well past time we put an end to these embarrassing streaks

hopefully we beat a top 25 team in the bowl

we are tied with smu, baylor and houston on teams with the most conferance memberships the last 30 years.

 

[king_kong_]

hopefully we beat a top 25 team in the bowl

most likely it'll be a MAC team or a 7-8 win ACC team

 

[Tuco Salamanca]

it's been 8 years since Matt Rhule clinched a bowl birth

he's 0-6 at NU with bowl eligibility on the line

it's well past time we put an end to these embarrassing streaks

It has been 5 years

 

[mgbreis]

Listen, this is a MUST WIN game. No excuses. If this program is making any strides they need to win by double digits.

 

[scarletred]

Listen, this is a MUST WIN game. No excuses. If this program is making any strides they need to win by double digits.

It would be nice to not sweat out the final 5:00 minutes and be ahead comfortably by the start of the fourth quarter..

 

[thall_]

Like you did with Cignetti?

I’m flattered you’re imagining things about me, but no.

I don’t care to bring up Curt Cignetti’s 0.784 overall winning %, is that something you’d like to discuss?

He’s clearly a better coach than Rhule, that’s frankly a waste of time.

 

[redwine65]

it been since 1997 since we have had a real run game.
that one hurts the most

 

[Tuco Salamanca]

I’m flattered you’re imagining things about me, but no.

I don’t care to bring up Curt Cignetti’s 0.784 overall winning %, is that something you’d like to discuss?

He’s clearly a better coach than Rhule, that’s frankly a waste of time.

You cherry picked his 3/4 of a year at Indiana as proof he is turning the program around quickly.

He could just as easily be a Lance Leipold with tons of success at a lower level program that doesn't continue on at a higher level.

Matt Rhule is younger now than, after 8 1/2 years as a head college coach, than Cignetti was when he got his first HC job.

 

[headcard]

it been since 1997 since we have had a real run game.
that one hurts the most

It hasn't been quite that long.

We led the nation in rushing in 2001.

Even under Pelili, we had a couple of teams in the Top 10. 8th in 2012 and 9th in 2010.

 

[redwine65]

It hasn't been that long.

We led the nation in rushing in 2001.

Even under Pelili, we had a couple of teams in the Top 10. 8th in 2012 and 9th in 2010.

I mean without fumbeling, a real run game...the party was over after lp and green....been lameness since

 

[BugsAreQualityProtein]

I mean without fumbeling, a real run game...the party was over after lp and green....been lameness since

Solich was as reliant on Crouch as Frost was with AM. You could make an argument with Pelini and TM somewhat too.

 

[thall_]

You cherry picked his 3/4 of a year at Indiana as proof he is turning the program around quickly.

No I didn’t. I named dropped him because everywhere he’s gone he has immediately made the team better.

In 2017 he took over a 2-9 team and went 8-4
In 2019 he took over a 9-4 team and went 14-2
Now in 2024 he took over a 3-9 team and is 8-0 at the top of the Big 10.

That’s a body of work, it isn’t cherry picking “hmm well if you only look at Rhule’s 3rd season and discount the ranked teams and overlook the squeakers against losing teams he’s actually the one of the best coaches in the Big 10”

Rhule is what he is. A softer, more eloquent Bo Pelini.

I hope he gets better, and so should you

gbr

 

[redwine65]

Solich was as reliant on Crouch as Frost was with AM. You could make an argument with Pelini and TM somewhat too.

I don't want to harp on it...people are pass happy creatures now, but what I mean is something folks are unaware of any more..
I mean when 2 team are on the grid iron, and lets say 1 team is the sec champs (for example)...and the running team says I'm gonna take this pigskin and run it right down there neck and ain't a damn thing they gonna do bout it..thats what I mean, it's a lost art that people can't comprehend anymore..

I'm happy the pass happy crowd in the Lincoln office finally got a passing qb in Lincoln....hopefully they use it wisely..

but idk, maybe that fat boy cu dline coach still remembers what a real running game is..

 

[Tuco Salamanca]

No I didn’t. I named dropped him because everywhere he’s gone he has immediately made the team better.

In 2017 he took over a 2-9 team and went 8-4
In 2019 he took over a 9-4 team and went 14-2
Now in 2024 he took over a 3-9 team and is 8-0 at the top of the Big 10.

That’s a body of work, it isn’t cherry picking “hmm well if you only look at Rhule’s 3rd season and discount the ranked teams and overlook the squeakers against losing teams he’s actually the one of the best coaches in the Big 10”

Rhule is what he is. A softer, more eloquent Bo Pelini.

I hope he gets better, and so should you

gbr

And the only team Indiana has beat, that currently has a winning record, is Nebraska.

They are 0-0 against ranked teams. Unless Michigan beats Oregon, they will play 1 ranked team all year and 3 teams with winning records, at the time of the game.

Let's see what they do against Michigan and Ohio St

 

[king_kong_]

And the only team Indiana has beat, that currently has a winning record, is Nebraska.

They are 0-0 against ranked teams. Unless Michigan beats Oregon, they will play 1 ranked team all year and 3 teams with winning records, at the time of the game.

Let's see what they do against Michigan and Ohio St

They’re on alert this weekend too

 

[mgbreis]

If Cignetti goes 11-1 or 10-2, it's one of the most incredible year 1's in history (that I can remember). And - definitely flukey. Rhule probably drives to work every morning, parks, looks at his own eyes in the rearview mirror, and says, "Are you ****ing kidding me? Indiana?"

 

[thall_]

And the only team Indiana has beat, that currently has a winning record, is Nebraska.

And the only team we've beaten with a winning record is Colorado.

Indiana put up 30+ on a decent Washington team without their starting QB. I'm not sure there's a single B1G team we can put 30+ with our starting QB.

Hopefully Rhule and his overpaid buddies prove me wrong this weekend.

 

[V-Doub]

If Cignetti goes 11-1 or 10-2, it's one of the most incredible year 1's in history (that I can remember). And - definitely flukey. Rhule probably drives to work every morning, parks, looks at his own eyes in the rearview mirror, and says, "Are you ****ing kidding me? Indiana?"

Only thing comparable that I can think of is with CFB blue bloods. Day at OSU. Lincoln Riley at OU. Maybe Marcus Freeman at Notre Dame? Doeber turned UW around quick but I don’t remember his record in year one. Solich won 10 games here but like I said… These were all established winning programs. Nothing like Indiana. I honestly can’t think of one 1st time, 1st year HC that won 10 games (power conf) in his 1st season as a HC. I’m sure it happen, can’t believe Cignetti is the 1st guy to potentially do this, but I can’t think of another. 🤷‍♂️

Edit: Doeber wasn’t a 1st time HC when he took the UW job. 1st time at the P4 level, but like I said, I don’t even rember his 1st year record. Not sure if he won 10 game or not.

 

[mgbreis]

And the only team we've beaten with a winning record is Colorado.

True, but not really a relevant point. I think our record is a pretty good representation of where Nebraska is at as a program. Indiana is a hell of a story, but I'm not sure 8-0 and Top 10 is really where they're at as a program. But hey, as Parcells famously said, "you are what your record says you are."

 

[mgbreis]

Only thing comparable that I can think of is with CFB blue bloods. Day at OSU. Lincoln Riley at OU. Maybe Marcus Freeman at Notre Dame? Doeber turned UW around quick but I don’t remember his record in year one. Solich won 10 games here but like I said… These were all established winning programs. Nothing like Indiana. I honestly can’t think of one 1st time, 1st year HC that won 10 games (power conf) in his 1st season as a HC. I’m sure it happen, can’t believe Cignetti is the 1st guy to potentially do this, but I can’t think of another. 🤷‍♂️

Edit: Doeber wasn’t a 1st time HC when he took the UW job. 1st time at the P4 level, but like I said, I don’t even rember his 1st year record. Not sure if he won 10 game or not.

It's nuts. At Indiana?

 

[V-Doub]

It's nuts. At Indiana?

If they go to the playoffs it will the biggest underdog story in CFB history, IMO. And I don’t say that lightly. Taking Indi-fvcking-ana to the playoffs, in his 1st year coming off a 3 win season, would be historic. Way bigger underdog story than TCU or Cincinnati.

 

[BugsAreQualityProtein]

Only thing comparable that I can think of is with CFB blue bloods. Day at OSU. Lincoln Riley at OU. Maybe Marcus Freeman at Notre Dame? Doeber turned UW around quick but I don’t remember his record in year one. Solich won 10 games here but like I said… These were all established winning programs. Nothing like Indiana. I honestly can’t think of one 1st time, 1st year HC that won 10 games (power conf) in his 1st season as a HC. I’m sure it happen, can’t believe Cignetti is the 1st guy to potentially do this, but I can’t think of another. 🤷‍♂️

Edit: Doeber wasn’t a 1st time HC when he took the UW job. 1st time at the P4 level, but like I said, I don’t even rember his 1st year record. Not sure if he won 10 game or not.

Devaney went 9-2 his first year at Nebraska, which is about the equivalent of going 10-2 now.

 

[phoenix4nu]

Only thing comparable that I can think of is with CFB blue bloods. Day at OSU. Lincoln Riley at OU. Maybe Marcus Freeman at Notre Dame? Doeber turned UW around quick but I don’t remember his record in year one. Solich won 10 games here but like I said… These were all established winning programs. Nothing like Indiana. I honestly can’t think of one 1st time, 1st year HC that won 10 games (power conf) in his 1st season as a HC. I’m sure it happen, can’t believe Cignetti is the 1st guy to potentially do this, but I can’t think of another. 🤷‍♂️

Edit: Doeber wasn’t a 1st time HC when he took the UW job. 1st time at the P4 level, but like I said, I don’t even rember his 1st year record. Not sure if he won 10 game or not.

DeBoer was 11-2 at Washington his first year.

Probably the most successful first-year head coaching jobs in history were:
Larry Coker, Miami 2001. Went 12-0 and won a national championship in his first year as a head coach anywhere.
Chris Petersen, Boise State 2006. Went 13-0, including a Fiesta Bowl victory over Oklahoma, in his first year as a head coach anywhere.
Barry Switzer, Oklahoma 1973. Went 10-0-1 in his first year as a head coach anywhere.

 

[headcard]

I do think it is easier to have instant success right now than it was before the portal. Coaches like Stoops and Saban won big in year two, whereas a lot of guys can win big in year one now, by quickly turning over the roster, especially if they can bring a bunch of players with them like Cig did.

I think this is one of the areas Rhule has failed in. He is using an outdated model by trying to build his roster almost entirely from the HS ranks and keeping around the players he inherited. He had a lot of success doing it that way in the past, but that was when everyone had to do it that way. Now, you are just putting yourself on the slow track.

 

[BugsAreQualityProtein]

I do think it is easier to have instant success right now than it was before the portal. Coaches like Stoops and Saban won big in year two, whereas a lot of guys can win big in year one now, by quickly turning over the roster, especially if they can bring a bunch of players with them like Cig did.

I think this is one of the areas Rhule has failed in. He is using an outdated model by trying to build his roster almost entirely from the HS ranks and keeping around the players he inherited. He had a lot of success doing it that way in the past, but that was when everyone had to do it that way. Now, you are just putting yourself on the slow track.

That’s my only real concern with Rhule, did Nebraska hire an outdated commodity? You have to remember he left college in 2019 before the liberalization of the transfer portal and NIL. He’s used to bringing in his guys( both staff and HS players) and then by year 3 he has it rolling.